[HN Gopher] Man Arrested in Connection with Alleged Role in Twit... ___________________________________________________________________ Man Arrested in Connection with Alleged Role in Twitter Hack Author : ip_addr Score : 24 points Date : 2021-07-21 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.justice.gov) (TXT) w3m dump (www.justice.gov) | encryptluks2 wrote: | Wonder how long it will take for them to give him a job offer. | okareaman wrote: | From his Twitter profile: "Harmless wannabe hacker | Made 50k | selling configs and 1 Million sim swapping" | https://twitter.com/lelouchwashere | | Another story from the NYT: | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/technology/twitter-tiktok... | | _The Twitter incident began when the hackers connected last year | in an online forum focused on buying and selling rare user names, | some of the individuals involved told The New York Times at that | time. They then broke into Twitter's systems by tricking | employees into providing login information, according to legal | filings. The hackers used an administrative tool to take over | accounts belonging to political figures and celebrities, | including former President Barack Obama, Kanye West and Elon | Musk, using the accounts to conduct a Bitcoin scam, the filings | said. | | Graham Ivan Clark, an 18-year-old who prosecutors said was the | "mastermind" of the Twitter hack, pleaded guilty to fraud charges | in March in a Florida court and agreed to serve three years in | juvenile prison. Two others, Mason Sheppard and Nima Fazeli, were | arrested and accused of serving as middlemen for Mr. Clark to | sell the Twitter accounts. | | Mr. O'Connor was a well-known figure among hackers dealing in | user names, going by the name "PlugWalkJoe." According to chat | logs that the hackers shared with The Times last July, Mr. | O'Connor interacted with the group briefly, acquiring the Twitter | handle @6. | | At the time, Mr. O'Connor denied involvement in the Bitcoin scam. | "I don't care," he said in an interview. "They can come arrest | me. I would laugh at them. I haven't done anything." | | According to an affidavit submitted by an agent with the Federal | Bureau of Investigation who investigated the breach, Twitter's | logs showed that a Twitter account belonging to Mr. O'Connor had | viewed several accounts, as though shopping, during the hack. | | Ms. Thorne's Snapchat account was compromised in June 2019, | according to the affidavit. The hacker threatened to release nude | photos found on the account unless Ms. Thorne posted a tweet | thanking him for returning her account, the affidavit said. | | Instead, Ms. Thorne posted the images on Twitter. "I feel gross, | I feel watched, I feel someone has taken something from me," she | wrote in a statement accompanying the photos. "I can sleep | tonight better knowing that I took my power back. U can't control | my life u never will."_ | sergiomattei wrote: | What an ass. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-07-21 23:00 UTC)